Burns, John Horne
The Gallery New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Signed by author in the year of publication on front flyleaf in blue ink: "Let the buyer beware! John Horne Burns Hartford 7 Aug 47." First edition. 342 pp. Black cloth with gilt and blue stamping. Fine in About Very Good dust jacket. Typical toning to pages. Jacket chipped at extremities with some small tears repaired with tape on verso and creases, spine-sunned, small stain from sticker, price intact ($3.00). A very rare signature on the gay American writer's first novel, a widely-acclaimed novel of World War II.
[Bookseller: Burnside Rare Books]